His heung-min asks to leave Tottenham in the middle of the talks with Lafc
Captain of Tottenham Hotspur, Heung-Min, asked to leave the club this summer. His informed the club and the new head coach Thomas Frank earlier this summer that he wanted to leave, after having led the team to their first trophy in 17 years at the end of last season. Spurs are currently on a pre-season…
Captain of Tottenham Hotspur, Heung-Min, asked to leave the club this summer.
His informed the club and the new head coach Thomas Frank earlier this summer that he wanted to leave, after having led the team to their first trophy in 17 years at the end of last season.
Spurs are currently on a pre-season tour in East Asia and will face Newcastle United in a friendly match at the 66,000 capacity World Cup stadium in the capital of South Korea on Sunday. It could be the last match of the South Korea international. Athletics reported earlier this month that MLS Side Los Angeles FC was interested in signing his son.
Spurs have also received interests from SAUDI PRO LEAGUE clubs, which are ready to offer more money to the attacker, but he wants a move to the LAFC and discussions are underway. Spurs want to manage the release of 33 years as well as possible in recognition of what he has achieved during his 10 years of service.
His joined the Spurs of Bayer Leverkusen in August 2015 and he scored 173 goals in more than 450 appearances. He was appointed captain in the summer of 2023 by former head coach Ange Postcoglou and helped the Spurs to win their first silverware since 2008 when they beat Manchester United in the Europa League final in May.
During his first press conference last month, Frank, who succeeded Postcoglou in early June, was invited to know if his son had won the right to determine his own future.
“It’s always delicate, situations like that,” said Frank. “If this happens. Right now, I have a fully committed player who trains well, and will play tomorrow. If a player has been at a club for a long time, there will always be a decision for the club to take of course.
“The head coach and the guys who are in charge and this case will be with Daniel (Levy) and Johan (Lange). Because there is something that someone wants to go to a certain stadium, so there can be something there. But the club will always decide at the end.”
Son and Frank speak to the media on Saturday morning in Seoul.
What does the spurs out of the spurs mean?
This has already been a significant summer of change for the Spurs with the departure of PostCoglou, but it will strike the hardest fans base. His became one of the best attackers in the world during his stay with the Spurs and trained a devastating partnership with Harry Kane. They were the figures in the Mauricio Pochettino era when the Spurs challenged the title of the Premier League and lost the 2019 Champions League final.
His was the top first league scorer with Mohamed Salah from Liverpool in the 2021-222 season and scored an incredible solo goal against Burnley who won the FIFA Puskas 2020 prize.
Its gave Tottenham supporters of Tottenham of countless memories, but nothing will exceed the final of the Europa League in May.
Other favorites of fans, including Kane, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, left the Spurs to make their ambitions to win a trophy, but his son remained and engraved in their history books. An injury to the foot forced him to be a substitute in the second half against Manchester United in Bilbao, but he played an important role in their progress throughout the competition.
After the last match of the season against Brighton & Hove Albion, his son took a solo of honor around the stadium after the rest of the team and now it feels like saying goodbye.
He will receive an incredible reception against Newcastle on Sunday when he played in front of his home fans who greeted him in their hundreds at Incheon airport on Friday afternoon.
It is a soft -man moment for the spurs and the son – but it could be a disguised blessing for Frank. Sound performances were disappointing last season and its production decreased. He only scored seven league goals during the 2024-25 campaign, which has been the first time that he has failed to reach his double figures since his first season in 2015-2016. Frank will avoid having a difficult decision to make the opportunity to strip the captain’s son and he can focus on the development of Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert.
Most importantly, his son will leave up and as hero after winning the Europa League.
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